Spelling BEE 2024!
Well done Turlough!
Top 5!
All of the Spelling Bee Contestants!
Rewind- Let's take a Look Back:
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"My experience of going into 6th class was a small bit worrying at first. That was mainly because it’s my last year of primary school. But when I got used to the class, I ended up liking it. The subjects are a bit harder than 5th class, but I expected that. A lot of us were worried about the Irish essays but we haven’t really done one yet. Overall, I am really enjoying this year, (my final year in primary school) and it’s not half as bad as I thought it would be."
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Getting Ready for Secondary School
We are getting ready for secondary school in September. I have been accepted to kilbeggan, along with a lot of people from my class. Pupils will also go to Colaiste Choilm, Sacred Heart and other schools.
Earlier this year, we went to open nights to see what secondary schools had to offer.
We are excited to move to secondary school. We really want
to enjoy our final year in primary school.
                                                         By Finn O’Connor
VEX IQ 2024
We started VEX in October and so far we have been doing brilliantly. we started by building the field and building the 2 base bots. we then agreed to name them Bart and Homer from the Simpsons. About 3 weeks later, a man called dean from the county council came in to help us and give some pointers. we originally attatched a grabber on Bart, but Dean told us to use a combine harvester style .One weekend, Luke Frankie and Daniel.L brought home the robot and worked on it. we chose our drivers after a lot of practise and 1 minute attempts. the drivers that were chosen were :Daniel Dragunas, Graeme Buggy and Larry Wright.
Now we are trying to build a robot that will pick up the red blocks and we have started with the coding. the competition is on the 20 of march in sacred heart,Tullmore .we feel that we will be well prepared and furthermore win it!
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By Daniel Lynam and Frankie Sheehan.
VEX Drivers
The VEX drivers were chosen by whoever had the highest score and I was one of them with a score of 32. I am on a team with Daniel Dragunas and Larry Wright . The other team has yet to be picked. I’m very happy to be on team 1 and excited for the tournament. It is on in March and I can’t wait to go.
By Graeme!
Getting our Hoodies
When we got our hoodies, we were so excited. They are black and gold. On the back of the hoodies, you’ll see the number 24 in gold. We have all of our names in the 24, I love them! Some of the hoodies have no drawstrings. The Parents Association were kin enough to buy our hoodies for us, we are extremely grateful!
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By Caoimhe Devine
Our Confirmation Day!
We made our Confirmation on the 27/01/24. It was an amazing day! All 25 of us made the sacrament of Confirmation in Tullamore Church at 12 o’clock. For people who don’t know, Confirmation is when you can take the pledge against alcohol and drugs, accept the gifts and the fruits of the Holy Spirit and take a Confirmation name (after a saint).Â
By Ailbhe McCabe and Anna Loughman.
FAI Soccer
On March 14th, we will be competing in the FAI 5- a side soccer tournament . Four teams have been selected: two boys teams and two girls teams. Each team has eight players. We will be playing many other teams all around Offaly. We are very excited and we hope to move onto the next round. This is our final year in primary school so we are very determined to win!
By Claire & Rachel 26/02/24
Boys Football Final Win 🏆 Â
Last October, the boys won the Cuman na mBunscol football final by two points. The game was played on October 19th. Everyone was nervous going to O’Connor Park but we were still confident that we would come out victorious. During the group stage, we played Ballinamere and St.Sinnocks. We won by at least 10 points and we progressed to the semi-final. In the semi-final we played Ballinagar. It was a very tight game but we won by 4 points. We played Daingean In the final. At half time we were losing by a point but we had hope. We ended up winning by 2 points. It felt really good to win.Â
By Luca and Liam
Jack Wyer Champions!
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Last October, the U12 Ballinamere/Durrow boys team were the first Ballinamere/Durrow team to ever win the Jack Wyer tournament. The team consisted of these 6th class boys: Larry Wright (c), Luke Maloney, Cónal Buggy, Liam Deering, Seán McLouglin, Daniel Lynam, Finn O’Connor and Frankie Sheehan. It was such a great feeling to be the first B/D team to win the Jack Wyer tournament. We went off celebrated for the whole night.
By Larry and Luke.
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Grandparents Day
It's official: We have the BEST grandparents in Durrow NS! We were delighted to welcome a few grandparents into our classroom today. We asked lots of questions and found out loads about school /home life when they were young!Â
It's fair to say the times have really changed! We showed them our two robots, which impressed them. We hope they enjoyed the visit as much as we did!
Reflection: Grandparents Day (Catholic Schools Week)
It was lovely to take the time today to reflect on some fond memories with our grandparents. We remembered some good, fun times, memories to treasure forever. We also took a minute to remember those who are no longer with us!
VEX 2024!
We are delighted to have our VEX After School Club up and running again this year! Ms. Cusack, Ms O Hanlon and Ms Gaughan are helping out this year. The field is built and the robots are coming along nicely (after being built, taken apart and built again).Â
The game is tough but this group are up for the challenge! Great determination and collaboration from everyone involved!
Confirmation 2024
Best of luck to all the pupils in 6th Class, who will celebrate the sacrament of Confirmation on Saturday, 27th January!
God Bless you all, enjoy your special day!
Preparing for Confirmation.docx Our class has been very busy preparing for the sacrement of Confirmation.
Here are some thoughts as we approach the special day!
Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for 2024 from everyone in Rang a sé!! Enjoy the Christmas Holidays!
6th Class Christmas Markets 2023
On the 20th of December, 6th class held our Christmas markets !
We had worked very hard to make all sorts of different crafts and treats.
We sold lots of yummy treats and spectacular handmade decorations.
After all the adults had left, we moved on to sell to 3rd 4th and 5th.
 We sold nearly everything in our markets and we were very proud!
To make it even better, we made over 2000 euro!
It proved to us that hard work pays off !!!Â
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By Abbie BreenÂ
What a scary bunch! Halloween 2023!
County Champions 2023!
HUGE Congrats to BOTH our boys and girls football teams, who won their County Finals!Â
What an achievement!! We could not be prouder! Well done to everyone involved!
Durrow gets the Double!
Preparing to support our boys AND girls, who have BOTH reached the Cumann na mBunscol Finals in O Connor Park, Tullamore!!
Best of luck to BOTH teams!!
Tullamore Harriers
Well done to all our athletes, who participated in the Tullamore Harriers.Â
Team work all the way!!!! Check out all those happy faces!
Well Done Claire, Jessica, Rachel and Aoibheann!!
Tag Rugby Blitz
We all enjoyed a great day out at the annual Tag Rugby Blitz. Thanks to John, our coach for organising it and well done to everyone who took part!
Tag Rugby Blitz
             2023!
Well done Anna for donating your beautiful hair!Â
We are all so proud of you in 6th Class!!
Sunny September: Back to School!
6th Class 2023/24: Smile !!!!!
Sixth Class 2022/23
INTO President visits Durrow N.S.
John Driscoll, INTO President visited our school! What a lovely man!Â
Fáilte Isteach!
6th Class welcomed John Driscoll into our classroom today. Lots of interesting questions for him!
Sixth Class enjoy the Open Day in Tullamore College! Where will the future take us?
G.A.A. Coaching
We are very lucky to have Francis Daly as our GAA coach this year!Â
Lego Fun!Â
Coding, teamwork, collaboration, independence, decision making...and best of all...fun!
5th and 6th Tag Ruby Blitz: Tullamore Rugby Club October '22
Happy Halloween from Rang a SĂ©!
Trick or Treat!
Hard to believe this is our last Halloween in Primary School!Â
Check out all our costumes!
Halloween 2022!
Check out the staff of Durrow NS! Our principal, Mr. Hogan was "acting the clown" a LOT today! Such a fun day!
Maths Superstars!
Well done Alex, Isabelle (both 6th Class) and Anna (5th Class) who were recently awarded with our Maths Superstars Awards at assembly! These pupils worked so hard during Maths Week.Â
Well done guys!
Alex (6th)
Isabelle (6th)
Anna (5th)
6th Class enjoy Maths Week 2022!
Boys Cuman na mBunscol Final 2022!
Well done lads!
We could not be prouder of this incredible bunch of guys, who fought like true warriors until the bitter end- What a game! A special mention to the boys in 6th Class, who were part of this incredible panel: Niall, Harry, Jack, JJ, Daniel F, Sam, Daniel C, Ronan, Michael, Andrew. Always something special about a win like this in your final year! Memories to last forever! Very proud of you all!
County Final ChampionsÂ
2022!
6th Class Christmas Fair 2022!
Santa visits Durrow NS!
Merry Christmas to everyone from Ms Gaughan and 6th Class!
World Cup Winners
Caoimhe: Runner Up! Team: France
Santa presents Caoimhe with 20 euro!
World Cup Winners!
Caoimhe and Andrew were so lucky to select this years wining teams for the World Cup Final! The class held a lucky dip draw for a bit of fun!
Andrew: World Cup Winner! Team: Argentina
Santa presents Andrew with 50 euro!
5th/6th Class Science Exhibition 2022
The 5th and 6th Class pupils had such fun preparing for this years Science Exhibition!
The pupils worked very hard to ensure it was a success, well done everyone!
Paired Reading : Sixth Class and Junior Infants (The Oldies and the Newbies)
Our oldest and youngest pupils came together to read some Christmas books! Well done to the 6th class puils who read, asked questions, listened patiently and showed great interest in their younger school mates. As they approach their last few months in Primary School, it is lovely and heartwarming so see such natural kindness shown to the younger children in Durrow NS.